Reincarnation fact or what?

Question

Does a strange feeling of being familiar with entirely new aquaintances and places prove reincarnation to be fact?....have you ever mistaken one man or woman for another why is that?....and why is it that a house or a town may seem familiar to you if you have never been there before?

Answer 1

i agree with u 100 % sometimes when i look at a town or any place i dont even know i just get a feeling that i am comfortable with it

Answer 2

Reincarnation is truly a much more logical, and sound choice over ceasing to exist after death, going to a fire-hell, or an eternal heaven if we are good enough or if we asked some saviour god into our heart.
Do you actually believe that god or a god that is suppose to be love, would condemn, send a person to an eternal hell-fire for eternity for not asking a savior into their heart/mind or for not being good enough ? If this is what god would do, then this god is not a god of love !! A loving god (if god really exists, which god does not) would not send a peron to hell-fire for an eternity for a mere 80 to 110 years of life here on earth. And would not allow a person into an eternal bliss, happiness with god, for a mere 80 to 110 years of living a good holy life or for simply accepting a savior into their life(as many have done that{accepting a savior, messiah, then turn right around and behave in an evil manner).
The logical alternative is reincarnation, an important belief that Buddhists practice all around the world. When we die, we (our mind, our memories, our attitudes and intents, our emotions, everything about us, all that we truly are) immediately enter into a womb of a mother, at the moment of conception) and we are born-again, that is reborn, reincarnated!! Once we begin to walk in the path of the 4 Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Noble Path, we grow and learn, develop and cultivate the realization of who we really are and our true potential, and as time goes by, we may remember some of our past lives, places we've been and things we've seen.
Take Note, that there has never been a war in the name of Buddhism, as there has been in the name of so many other religions, and there god, or gods !! Buddhists practice the principle of No-Harm, and honor, respect, and value how important every human life really is !!
Buddhists also have learned to practice patience, loving-kindness and tolerance toward all living beings as well.
May you be well. May you be healthy. May you have peace and happiness. May you be free from harm. May you be free from anxiety and all forms of depression. May you have much success in all your endevours. May you have a clear and sound mind. May you always be happy, and at Peace within yourself. May you have calmness and peace in all your relationships.

From, an R.N. - with a Master's Degree.

Happy Holidays to you and all your family and friends.

Answer 3

Reincarnation Phenomena Explained

ONE of the objections to the theory of reincarnation is that the vast majority of people on earth have no recollection at all of having lived before. Furthermore, they do not even think that they could have lived earlier lives.

It is true that we sometimes have a strange feeling of recognizing a person that we meet for the first time. A certain house, town, or scenic area may seem familiar to us, although we know that it is the first time we have been there. However, these things can be explained without having to resort to the theory of reincarnation.

For example, certain places in widely separated areas may be somewhat alike, so that when we visit a new place, we may feel that we have been there before, though we have not. Many houses, offices, shops, towns, and scenic areas in some parts of the world bear a similarity to their counterparts in other places. That they seem similar to what we have seen before is not proof that we have been in those places in a previous life. They just resemble places we are familiar with.

This is also true regarding people. Some are quite similar to others in appearance, even having what has been called a double. A person may have mannerisms that remind us of someone else still living or even of one who has died. But we have known those people in this present life, not in some former existence. Similarity in looks or personality does not mean that these people were known to us in a previous life. No doubt all of us have at times mistaken one person for another. But both of those individuals have been alive at the same time as you and not in some former life. It has nothing to do with reincarnation.

The Influence of Hypnosis

Even experiences under the influence of hypnosis can be explained without having to resort to the theory of reincarnation. Our subconscious mind constitutes a storehouse of information much more comprehensive than we may imagine. Information reaches this storehouse via books, magazines, TV, radio, and through other experiences and observations.

Much of this information is stored away in some hidden corner of our subconscious mind because we have no direct or immediate use for it. Our subconscious mind is somewhat like library books for which there is little present demand and that have therefore been put away on a secluded shelf.

However, under hypnosis, the subject’s consciousness is changed so that forgotten memories can surface. Some people interpret these as being of a former life, but they are nothing more than present-life experiences that we had temporarily forgotten.

There are, though, a few cases that may be more difficult to explain in a natural way. An example is when a person starts to speak another “language” under the influence of hypnosis. Sometimes the language is comprehensible, but often it is not. Those who believe in reincarnation may say that this is a language the person spoke in an earlier life.

Yet, it is well-known that speaking in so-called tongues also occurs when people are in a state of mystic or religious ecstasy. Those having such experiences are convinced that it has nothing to do with a former life but that they are being influenced by some unseen power in the present life.

Opinions vary as to what power this is. In a joint declaration by the Fountain Trust and the Church of England Evangelical Council, it was stated with regard to speaking in tongues: “We are also aware that a similar phenomenon can occur under occult/demonic influence.” So to assume that such phenomena are proof that we have lived a former life would be jumping to a false conclusion.

Answer 4

I believe it exists. However, it's hard to prove, like most spiritual things like astral projection and ghosts. A three year old child of my neighbors told his mom that he 'was dead before' and at a gathering, spread his arms out and said, "my people' when he was 3! When his mom asked him what he meant that he was dead (she thought that he overheard some conversation), he said that he died before. Reincarnation is the only thing that makes sense to me.

I've had strange thoughts when I was little, like when I was six and goofing off, I thought to myself, "I'd better do all the kid stuff I can since I won't be this age forever". I also wondered to myself (when I was in the second grade) what my 'husband' was doing at the moment! Weird stuff to think about when you are small.

This is a subjective experience, but facts can be very slippery. After all, do we really know that we exist?

Answer 5

I have read that science has ALMOST proven the existence of reincarnation. Overwhelming scientific evidence has been shown, but not quite enough to meet the criteria of the scientific community to deem it "scientifically proven." Very, very close though. There are many extreme examples of things that just could not have happened any other way. One I remember I saw it on tv (I think PBS) of a very young child fluently speaking a language which had been out of use for centuries; there is no way he could have had any access to it whatsoever. There were a lot of examples like that.

Answer 6

My cat believe it or not will open a book and turn the pages like he's reading it.
He also picks up loose change from the floor with his paws,puts it in his mouth and drops it into a shoebox in the closet...he has about $3.00 stashed in there now.
Is he doing these things because of a recollection of a memory from being human in a past life?
Or is he just a weird cat?
These things I probably will never know.....

Answer 7

First keep in mind that every thought, memory, feeling, and perception is the result of many millions of neurons firing a cocktail of neurotransmitters. The brain is very complex a very minor piece of information may trigger memories or feelings that may give you a sensation of familiarity.

Answer 8

If you beleive in reencarnation as a posibility, then you beleive in the activity of spiritual beings, therefore, you beleive in demons and angels. Let's concentrate our topic on demons. they are the rebelious fallen angels that have been on the earth since the begining of time. there is a say that goes "the devil knows too much from being old rather than from being a devil". Now, those demons know way too many generations of people over the centuries, and their main purpose is to get people as apart from God as they can, and one of their tactics is to get people to beleive anything that will distract them from trusting God.
What you do, is to predispose yourself to their influence, and yes, they are capable of bringing images and life stories from people long gone that will apear like it hapened to you in another "life". Do you know that the teachings of reencarnation says that we can reencarnate in animals? Then why is it that the vast majority of the "imprints" people get are about humans and not animals? Yes, because they are more impresive and "beleivable".
Have you tried establishing a personal relationship with God? You will find the real answer to your purpose in life if you do... Do it!

Answer 9

I personelly beleive in recarnation i beleive that us individuals can come back as something intirely different after pasing away or mebe come back as the same individual. I havent expereinced what you say you have expereinced but i can tell you i think i am a recarnation of my long ago passed away grandmother i saw a picture of her let me tell you this it was scary because we looked exactly alike. Ps Or mebe a different individual we can come back as..

Answer 10

Reincarnation and ones faith is a matter of belief. You will find people who will argue both pro and con. The important thing is your own belief system and whether you believe or not.